Category: Sectarian Psychology

• The Quiet Shaykhs vs The Loud Pretenders: Navigating Authentic Sufism Today, Imam Luqman Ahmad

    Sufism, also known as Islamic mysticism, has been around almost since the beginning of Islam. The discipline of Sufism aims at purification of the soul, and of the conduct of a Muslim. In essence, sufism is the inner, mystical, and spiritual dimension of Islam. It focuses on the direct, personal experience of the Divine…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  June 14, 2025

  Islam, Mulim ethics, muslim america, Sectarian Psychology, Spirituality, Sufism, sufis, murid, awliyaa, wali Allah, gnostic,

• The Psychology of American Muslim Sectarianism, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  Sectarianism can produce a Crip versus Bloods mentality. People ready to argue and fight with someone over their sect, their sheikh, even over their madhhab or tariqa.

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  August 22, 2016

  Allah, Allah, Islam,, American Muslim identity, Islam, Sectarian Psychology, Sectarianism

  American Muslims, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad, Islam, Muslim Identity, Muslim Sectarianism, Shaykh Luqman Ahmad